Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Greetings Sheepdogs, Jesus of Nazareth told His disciples, and He tells you, to keep and bear arms. And if you don't have arms, sell your coat and buy arms. Book of Luke 22:36. So, anyone who infringes upon your right to keep and bear arms is working against God. Excerpts from Bill Jordan's book "No Second Place Winner" are interspersed below. I donated $55 to Miss Kystie's legal defense fund.https://www.gofundme.com/kystie039s-best-defenseShe defended the life of a conservation officer by shooting and killing the assailant, and is being sued for her heroic behavior.

***** Mindset *****

Don't go to stupid places. Don't do stupid things.Don't hang out with stupid people.-- John Farnam

Complacency kills.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.http://defense-training.com/2018/theodore-roosevelt-jr/ Always lead by example, especially your children.Interesting that John quotes Admiral Hopper, a computer scientist. Computer scientists make the best leaders. There is a bridge onthe Charleston (South Carolina) Naval Weapons Station named after her. She gave me a piece of wire the length of which was the distancethat light (or an electrical signal) would travel in a nano-second.

"Nothing he can buy from a life insurance firm takes the place of his ability to shoot fast and accurately. . . . The kind of life insurance he can buy with competent gun handling ability is obviously much more practical."-- Bill Jordan

"A competitor in a pistol match, conventional or combat style, would be thrown off the line for unsportsmanlike conduct if he tried to take an unfair advantage to himself. We would all feel that his actions were deplorable, and that his punishment was justified. This is an attitude which much be quickly and firmly suppressed in mental conditioning for combat. . . . "-- Bill Jordan

". . . with enough determination you can win even when you appear to be losing -- just keep shooting!"-- Bill Jordan

Notice your thoughts. You are not your thoughts. You are the one noticing your thoughts.-- Kristen Frick

The left and right side of your body are sisters. They are not twins. -- Kristen Frick

Effects of exercise on your brainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHY0FxzoKZE(It's a TED talk. You don't have to slog through heavy reading in a peer reviewed journal.)Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, Center for Neural Science at New York University.1. Immediate effects such as improved reaction times.2. Long lasting effects, change of brain anatomy and physiology.3. Protective effects, against neuro degenerative diseases.How much exercise? 30 minutes 3 or 4 times a week.Excerpt:"Exercise will protect your brain from incurable diseases."

"If anything instructive has been written on the subject of gunfighting, not as a game but as a grim reality, it has remained obscure. There are probably several reasons for this omission: among them a natural reluctance to write of the particulars of such a bloody business, aggravated by a ridiculous taboo against any suggestion in writing that a handgun might be used for another purpose than punching neat holes in a paper target. A more likely reason for this dearth of material on the subject is that combat has no rules and no clear-cut pattern which can be reduced to essentials and set up in training formula. There is no manual for gunfighting. . . . Each fight is different and the officer must react differently -- and always correctly -- to each. These reactions, even if proven correct by their success, are not always logical appearing. At times the right action is 'sensed' against all logic and the wise man follows his hunch and lives. Instinct, born of a terrible desire to survive, takes over; perceptions are sharpened and the right move is taken because of subconscious reactions; the result of these abnormally sharpened perceptions." -- Bill Jordan

"A question often asked of themselves by young officers is, 'How will I comport myself in the face of fire? Will I stand up or will I break?' On the surface this would appear to be a question which can be answered only if it becomes an actuality. As a matter of fact the answer can be given with very little change of error. Almost invariably a man, provided he does not have too much time to think, will automatically do what he has been trained to do. Again provided that his training has been thorough and intensive."-- Bill Jordan

"Before hostilities are opened, never make a threatening motion without carrying it through. It may trigger you opponent's reflexes and you will find yourself left at the gate. On the other hand, even if he starts first, there is a good chance that he will hesitate. You keep a-coming and maybe you can take advantage of that hesitation and catch up enough to get there first. It doesn't pay to give up."-- Bill Jordan

Sight movie – "Sight picture" is a misnomer. You will never get a static picture. You will always have a moving picture, that is a movie.Place the top of the front sight on the center of mass of your target (not the center of mass of the torso, the center of mass of your intended target). Hard focus on the front sight (see the serrations and scratches on your front sight). If you are focused on the front sight, you know where the pistol is pointed. If you are focused on the target, you are not concentrating on the front sight and it will wander off on you. You won’t notice it because you are concentrating on what you’re focused on. And you won’t hit what you think you are aiming at. Perform reverse sight picture drill with a dummy gun. Aim at the center of the instructor's pupil. The instructor will be able to see if you are aligning the sights correctly.

Pistol sights under various lighting conditionshttp://www.jwramp.com/news/pistol-sights-under-various-lighting-conditions Under low light conditions, the light on either side
of your front sight will become very thin or disappear
completely. So, you won't be able to center the front sight
blade in the rear sight notch. So, you have to machine out
the rear sight notch to make it wide enough to allow you to
see light on both sides of the front sight.

John Farnam's Wal Mart test -- He only carries guns chambered for ammunition that Wal Mart carries. Consider this. If your chambering is so exotic that Wal Mart does not carry it, how are you going to get ammo during the Zombie Apocalypse?

Training Scars ". . . Well, after the fight someone noted that McKone's pocket was bulging and politely inquired as to what might be spoiling the drape of his trousers. Puzzled, Sam thrust in an exploring hand. The pocket was full of fired cases. During the fight, without realizing he was doing so, McKone, an old reloader, had saved every empty."-- Bill Jordan

If you believe Hick's Law, too many choices slows you down. Hick, W.E. (1952), “On the Rate of Gain of Information”, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 4, p11-26. If you belive Prof. Barry Schwartz, too many choices paralyzes you.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoMSchwartz is the Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and
Social Action, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College.[Ya, he's a socialist advocating redistribution of wealth. But, nobody's perfect.]Excerpt: The secret to happiness is low expectations. So, it is essential that you train to have a small number of pre-programmed responses that you have practiced to the point of unconscious competence.

Force Science News, April 17, 2018Excerpts: A “20/20 hindsight analysis . . . in the peace of a judge's chambers” is expressly forbidden.. . . Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case, Scott v. Henrich, (39 F3d 912, 914): "Requiring officers to find and choose the least intrusive alternative would require them to exercise superhuman judgment. In the heat of battle with lives potentially in the balance, an officer would not be able to rely on training and common sense to decide what would best accomplish his mission." "Instead, he would need to ascertain the least intrusive alternative (an inherently subjective determination) and choose that option and that option only." "Imposing such a requirement would inevitably induce tentativeness by officers, and thus deter police from protecting the public and themselves. It would also entangle the courts in endless second-guessing of police decisions made under stress and subject to the exigencies of the moment."

"If you prepare for the emergency, the emergency ceases to exist!"-- Dr. Sherman House

Strong Reminder to Stay in the Fight Even When Hurthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3tXODzoGiY Initial viewing of the videos from the body cams is chaotic and difficult to follow. That's reality. Fortunately the narrator breaks down the action and analyzes it for the audience.

If you would like the lesson plans for my NRA Defensive Pistol course, send me an email, and I'll send you the latest version. The lesson plans constantly change as I take courses, communicate with other instructors, and stay abreast of best practices. I have changed and added a lot from the 2018 Tactical Conference.